Sr. Accountant

Dairy Farmers of America•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

Join our Minneapolis Milk Manufacturing Plant as a Sr. Accountant and play a key role in driving accurate, timely financial reporting for a complex operation. This role partners closely with plant leadership, corporate teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure strong controls, insightful analysis, and sound financial decision-making. If you enjoy hands-on accounting with real operational impact, this is an opportunity to make a difference. Kemps is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a diary marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Since 1914, Kemps has provided families with fresh, delicious dairy products, fresh milk, frozen yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese and frozen novelty treats. By joining Kemps, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related degree is required.
5+ years of general accounting experience, preferably in the consumer-packaged goods industry.
Advanced computer proficiency in MS Excel.
Strong interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication and listening.
Strong knowledge of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).

Nice To Haves

CPA is a plus.
ERP system experience, i.e.: JDE is a plus.

Responsibilities

Perform and/or assist in the completion of the monthly accounting close process and ensure that all journal entries for assigned areas are timely, accurate, and in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Prepare assigned monthly journal entries and account reconciliations in a timely and accurate manner and ensure appropriate supporting documentation.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and various accounting analyses and reports and provide accounting data or other information needed to prepare the company’s internal/external financial information and disclosures.
Review and analyze financials, such as month-end income statement and balance sheet, looking for discrepancies and trends; investigate unusual or unexpected trends and implement corrective action.
Conduct various financial analyses, such as reviewing balance sheet and income statement accounts for significant, unusual, or unexpected variances (versus forecast, prior year).
Research variances to identify root cause and effectively communicate results of analyses (in verbal or written form) to accounting/finance management.
Coordinate and communicate accounting matters with other functions or departments as needed.
Support finance teams or other groups as needed with budgeting/forecasting processes and various supporting analysis, as applicable.
Support internal and external audits and compliance with the company’s controls and accounting policies.
Collect, compile, verify, and analyze financial information and prepare financial reports and accounting statements so that management has accurate and timely information for making financial decisions. These reports may include profit and loss statements, balance sheets, depreciation statements, cash flow, debtor and creditor lists, repayment schedules, regulatory reports and filings.
Complete or assist with ad-hoc projects, data analysis requests, and management reporting for multiple levels of management.
Lead projects or components of large or complex accounting-related projects.
Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvement within areas of responsibility.